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Masilotti’s daughter among donors to Douglas, who leads mayoral candidates in cash

Boosted by a Mark Foley/Sharon Merchant fundraiser, Molly Douglas easily raised the most cash in the most recent filing period for the March 8 mayoral election, hauling in $21,625 between Jan 29-Feb 11. Douglas finished third in contributions in the previous filing period.

With just two weeks until Election Day, Douglas has the most cash on hand with $52,807. That means Douglas is either planning a big campaign blitz in the last two weeks, or she’s confident she’ll make the March 22 runoff and she’s saving her bucks when it’s down to the top two. Douglas didn’t return a call seeking comment on how she plans to spend the remainder of her cash.

Douglas received the maximum $500 contribution from Carey O’Donnell, who runs the public relations firm that markets downtown West Palm Beach. As chair of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches (which endorsed Douglas), it’s not a huge surprise that O’Donell donated to Douglas. But interestingly, O’Donnell also donated $300 to Paula Ryan’s campaign. Jeri Muoio’s campaign got nothing from O’Donnell.

Jill Masilotti, the daughter of Tony Masilotti (the former Palm Beach County commissioner who went to prison on corruption charges), donated $50 to Douglas.

Paula Ryan narrowly beat out Muoio for second this filing period, raising $12,654. But after having the most cash on hand in the previous filing period, Ryan now has the least of the top three mayoral candidates with $32,909. Ryan has been spending the last couple of weeks, with signs popping up all over the city. The police union sent out a gigantic postcard to West Palm residents hyping Ryan.

Here are Ryan’s business donations in the last filing period, with a lot of law firms from Miami and Ft. Lauderdale.

Charles Bantel, the mayoral candidate who campaigns as the regular guy, won’t be relying on money to get him in the mayor’s seat. Bantel scored just a single $50 contribution, from William Doscher of North Palm Beach. Bantel has $3,030 to spend in the final two weeks.

After a large haul in the previous filing period, Keith James finished second this period with $2,757. James must finish strong in contributions if he wants to spend money in the stretch run. He has just $79 on hand.